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--- linux_wiki:configure_a_physical_machine_to_host_virtual_guests [2016/02/29 21:49]
billdozor created
+++ linux_wiki:configure_a_physical_machine_to_host_virtual_guests [2019/05/25 23:50] (current)
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 **General Information**
-About this page/how-to/script.
+Yum groups can save you time, as long as you have access to a repo that has the groups defined. **This may NOT be the case on an exam**.
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-Install packages
+===== Installing and Starting KVM =====
-<code bash>
-yum install virt-install virt-manager qemu-kvm qemu-img
+Install packages for VM installs, hardware emulation, imaging
-OR
+  * CLI packages<code bash>yum install virt-install qemu-kvm qemu-img</code>
-yum groupinstall "Virtualization Client"
+    * virt-install: VM creation
-</code>
+    * qemu-kvm: Provides hardware emulation for the KVM hypervisor
-  * qemu is the layer that allows for virtualization to work with KVM
+    * qemu-img: Disk image utility
-  * KVM is built into the kernel and allows virtualization support
+  * GUI packages<code bash>yum install virt-manager</code>
+    * **virt-manager** is only needed if you want the GUI Virtual Machine Manager application to create/control VMs.
+  * CLI and GUI packages group<code bash>yum groupinstall "Virtualization Client"</code>
+    * Will install all of the above (and probably extras)
-Libvert packages
+\\
+Management packages
 <code bash>
 yum install libvirt libvirt-client libvirt-python
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 </code>
   * libvirt packages allow interacting with virtual guests/managing virtual machines
+    * libvirt: Interact with virtualization via an API
+    * libvirt-client: Client binaries to access virtualization (provides virsh CLI VM management utility)
+    * libvirt-python: Module for Python programs to access virtualization
-Enable/Start libvirt
+\\
+Enable/Start libvirtd - Daemon required to manage virtualization
 <code bash>
 systemctl enable libvirtd
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 </code>
+\\
 Two ways to manage VMs
   * virt-manager => GUI